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a good specimen of this type, which has been successfully 
worked up as an electric line in the Beecher railway, an 
experimental section of which has been put in use near 
Waterport, N. Y. : 
This arrangement is shown in Figs. 116 and 117 of 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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which the first shows a car on the experimental track, and 
the second gives the essential details of the structure. 
It is, as shown in Fig. 117, a quasi-elevated road com- 
posed of posts or similar supports carrying longitudinal 
stringers which support the central bearing rail and the 
lateral guide rails. ‘These latter serve to steady the 
car, but are under very little stress when the car is in 
motion.